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Amy Van Nostrand (born April 11, 1953) is an American actress. She has appeared on
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in '' The Hothouse'' by
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;
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, she appeared in Pearl Theatre's ''Dance With Me''.


Early years

Van Nostrand was born in
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.


Career

On Broadway, Van Nostrand appeared as Miss Cutts in ''The Hothouse''. She has worked with many regional theatres including
Huntington Theatre Company The Huntington Theatre Company is a professional theatre located in Boston, Massachusetts and the recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award, under the direction of Managing Director Michael Maso. It is notable for its longstanding artist ...
,
George Street Playhouse George Street Playhouse is a theater company in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the city's Civic Square, New Brunswick, Civic Square government and theater district and resident at the newly built New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. The GSP is o ...
,
Williamstown Theatre Festival The Williamstown Theatre Festival is a resident summer theater on the campus of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1954 by Williams College news director Ralph Renzi and drama program chairman David C. Bryant. ...
, Coast Playhouse,
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, Trinity Rep, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, and The People's Light & Theatre Company. In film and television her credits include ''Partners in Crime'', '' Outside Providence'', ''
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'', ''Say You’ll Be Mine'', ''Deception'', ''The House of Mirth'', ''
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'', '' The Fugitive,'' ''
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,'' ''Trial By Jury,'' ''Dangerous Heart,'' ''Almost Grown,'' ''Over My Dead Body,'' ''
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,'' ''The Flood,'' ''Kids Like These,'' ''
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,'' '' Family Album, U.S.A.,'' and ''
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''. Amy Van Nostrand is an Associate Producer with '' Seven Girlfriends'' and a Member of Board of Directors for Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. She won the Dramalogue Award for Outstanding Actress for ''The Colorado Catechism'' by Vincent J. Cardinal. She has a B.A. from
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and studied as a Peter Kaplan Fellow at Trinity Repertory.


Personal life

Amy Van Nostrand married actor
Tim Daly James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom '' Wings'' and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on ''The Sopranos.'' He starred as Pete ...
in 1982, and they divorced in 2010.


Selected filmography


Feature films


Television


Producer credits


Theatre


Broadway


Off-Broadway


Other Stage Credits


Awards


References


External links

* * Living people 1953 births Brown University alumni American stage actresses American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Providence, Rhode Island 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub